Christmas Village Fun

Ok so I know that this post does not have anything to do with wood or building something but that is going to happen every so often. This village is just fun though. There are a lot of memories to go with this village. I actually painted it way back when I was in high school! We have added a couple store bought ones over the years but most of it is hand painted. The first piece I painted was the town hall. I was so excited to have it done but my excitment was a little deflated when I realized that I messed up on it. The tower clock on it had roman numberals on it for the numbers. The bottom number which of course is a 6 should have looked like VI. Well I must have been day dreaming or something because it turned out as VII. After being sad for just a minute I decided that I would turn it into something fun. Every house I painted after that included one "mistake". It was fun to be creative and come up with the on purpose "mistakes". Some homes had little eyes looking out the door or a funny pink brick. I like to have people try and find them. I usually like to put up the village by myself but when you have children that just does not happen.

There are lots of little pieces to get out and look through. That is part of the fun. This years village was a little different because we needed to include a new purchase. A CHRISTMAS TRAIN! Maybe it is because I have a little boy now or something but our village just needed a train. That made setup a little trickier because I knew I wanted the train to go through a tunnel. Once I got that figured out I was on my way.

I learned how to set up a christmas village from my Uncle Joe. He is the king of Christmas villages and his is way bigger than mine. He even painted a big mural to be the backdrop for his. I kind of fell in love with his and that is why I got started on mine!

It does not look very pretty as you are setting it all up. You can see all the cords and it looks really messy.

That is until you add the MAGIC. The SNOW! I loved the snow that I found at Michaels this year. It covers everything so nicely. You can't even see all the ugly cords from the lights. Just the beatutiful glow under the snow.

A little part of me might still be five because I like to pretend that I live in this little village. Strange I know but I am pretty honest. Besides, who would not want to live in this fun little place. The finishing touch to the village is the village sounds. To really date myself there is a little walkman under that snow that plays a cassette tape of village sounds through speakers in the snow. I just don't know if I would have it any other way!

Just a little extra tidbit about this village is that there is a little tuba player the the band that is playing in front of the city hall. I played the tuba so this guy and I are kind of buddies. We get each other.